Alice Birch’s “[BLANK]” at the Donmar Warehouse
Believe me when I tell you that there is much more to Alice Birch’s play [BLANK] than meets the...
Read MoreMert Dilek is a critic and dramaturg based in London and Cambridge. He is a Ph.D. candidate in English at the University of Cambridge, where he holds the Camilla Mash Studentship at Trinity College. He received his M.Phil. with distinction also from Cambridge and holds a B.A. in English and Political Science from Yale University. As a theatre critic and arts journalist, he regularly contributes reviews and features to The Stage, Exeunt Magazine, and Broadway World. He also collaborates with playwrights and theatre companies as a dramaturg: he worked as a script reader for the Arcola Theatre and Bush Theatre, and currently serves on the Reading Panel at the National Theatre. For more information, please visit his website at mertdilek.com.
Posted by Mert Dilek | 26th Oct 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Gender, United Kingdom
Believe me when I tell you that there is much more to Alice Birch’s play [BLANK] than meets the...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 25th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
“Our family doesn’t get on,” sneers the eponymous matriarch of Maxim Gorky’s Vassa, now playing at...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 17th Oct 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
Far away from Earth, there is a planet called Solaris. It is covered by an ocean and orbits two...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 13th Oct 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
What does it really mean to do political theatre? Does the theatre even hold any potential to...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 10th Oct 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
One of my formative memories in the theatre dates back to twelve years ago, when I attended a...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 29th Sep 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
There is no denying that Cary Churchill is the greatest living British playwright. So, what you...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 21st Sep 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Alexander Zeldin’s new play arrives at the National Theatre’s Dorfman stage with a title...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 8th Sep 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
The Turbine Theatre opens its doors to London audiences with Drew McOnie’s intimate production of...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 7th Sep 2019 | London, Review, United Kingdom
A defrocked minister who botches up his job as a tour guide; a recently widowed hotel manager who...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 6th Sep 2019 | Edinburgh 2019, Festivals, Review, United Kingdom
Stalkers, heroes, and cult leaders. Depression, maternity, and citizenship. Edinburgh Festival...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 5th Sep 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, United Kingdom
“Crystal clear.” The adjective, repeated like a mantra in Robert Icke’s The Doctor, is charged...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 5th Sep 2019 | Edinburgh 2019, Festivals, Review, United Kingdom
Facts can be stranger than fiction. Every year, this truism gets demonstrated afresh—and with an...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 1st Sep 2019 | Edinburgh 2019, Festivals, Review, United Kingdom
Sisterhood and female companionship were at the heart of some of the most popular plays at the...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 30th Aug 2019 | Edinburgh 2019, Festivals, Review, United Kingdom
It should be not at all surprising that climate change was one of the hot topics of this year’s...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 26th Jun 2019 | Adaptation, Documentary Theatre, London, Review, United Kingdom
Three generations, three centuries, three acts: The Lehman Trilogy is a theatrical feast that...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 22nd Jun 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Science, United Kingdom
Dramatic representations of ennui often have an important decision to make at the onset of their...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 20th Jun 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Many a dramatist has imagined what happens to Nora after she slams the door at the end of Ibsen’s...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 26th May 2019 | London, Review, Theatre and Politics, United Kingdom
Something is tantalizingly amiss at the National’s Dorfman Theatre. There is a headset attached to...
Read MorePosted by Mert Dilek | 24th May 2019 | Adaptation, London, Review, Russian Theatre Abroad, United Kingdom
“I’m bored, bored, bored.” The refrain, occasionally spoken but frequently felt, is at the heart...
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